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Steven James Snyder

I'm an Assistant Managing Editor at TIME.com, overseeing digital editorial coverage. When not staring at a computer screen, I'm obsessed with both the worlds of film and television (I was a film critic in a previous life), and the ways in which technology is redefining the realm of visual arts. If you're obsessed with Kubrick, Malick, Aronofsky, Tarsem, Walter White, Cormac McCarthy, Bon Iver, Steve Reich, Jon Stewart and New Zealand, I'm your man. Reach me at Steve_Snyder@timeinc.com

The Oscar backlash started innocently enough, with my brief video rant (see below) about Oscar snubs that got under my skin. Then the responses started coming in — from family, then distant friends and even strangers who had …

Oscar winners are the only ones who know the rare and splendid thrill of hoisting their new golden trophies for the first time in front of a global TV audience. But we bet that few of those icons know about the unique origins of …

Is a 9-year-old too young to have a Facebook account? How about a 12-year-old? This morning on the Today Show, first lady Michelle Obama revealed that her daughters, Sasha and Malia, are not allowed on the social networking site. (via AP)

Jon Stewart, Aasif Mandvi and The Daily Show were in rare form Wednesday evening, visiting an American-based Egypt protest and posing the questions that all the cable news pundits have been talking about. (via Tuned In)

There are two kinds of Super Bowl viewers: Those who tune in for the game, and those who patiently wait through all the punts and blitzes for the halftime show. And of course the Super Bowl ads. Well, group number two, NewsFeed …